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Twin Peaks.Fdr Title Page T W I N P E A K S Fire Walk With Me, Teresa Banks and the Last Seven Days of Laura Palmer Screenplay by David Lynch and Bob Engels Lynch/Frost Productions Shooting Draft August 8, 1991 FADE IN: EXT. WIND RIVER, WASHINGTON - DAY On screen it reads: "1988, WIND RIVER, DEER MEADOW, WASHINGTON" TERESA BANKS' body wrapped in plastic floating through Hells Canyon, drifting along in Wind River. On screen it reads: "TERESA BANKS" FADE OUT: FADE IN: EXT. FBI OFFICE IN PORTLAND Establish. INT. GORDON COLE'S OFFICE GORDON COLE talks on the speaker phone. COLE GET ME AGENT CHESTER DESMOND IN FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA. EXT. HIGHWAY, FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA - DAY A school bus. TWO very buxom PROSTITUTES are being handcuffed by a plain clothes special agent, CHESTER DESMOND. Another AGENT has his gun to the spread eagled BUS DRIVER's head. The KIDS inside the bus are screaming. The phone inside Chester Desmond's car starts to ring. Desmond walks to the car. INT. DESMOND'S CAR - DAY Desmond picks up the ringing phone. DESMOND Yes... INTERCUT WITH: COLE (CONTINUED) 2. CONTINUED: COLE Chet, I am alling you from Portland... Oregon. DESMOND OK, Gordon. COLE No, its Oregon, Portland, Oregon. It's Regional Bureau Chief Cole. Out in Portland Oregon. I need you out her Chet. DESMOND (little louder) OK, Gordon. COLE Oregon. A young girl has been murdered. Seventeen years old. Named Teresa Banks. DESMOND (very loud) Okay, Gordon!!! Desmond electronically lowers the aerial adjusting the volume. COLE Got a map of the Environs of the Yakima Indian Reservation with your name on it. Better bring a pole. DESMOND Smell something fishy, huh? COLE I've got a surprise for you, Chet. Something interesting. Arrangements are being made and I will meet you at the Portland, Airport. EXT. SMALL AIRPORT OUTSIDE OF PORTLAND - DAY Small government plane lands. ANOTHER ANGLE Desmond exits the plane. 3. INT. SECURITY LOUNGE OF THE AIRPORT - SAME Desmond enters. Cole and another man, SAM STANLEY, walk towards him. COLE (motioning to the man standing there) Chet, give Sam Stanley the glad hand. He's come over from Spokane. Desmond and Stanley shake. STANLEY It's a pleasure. I've heard a lot about you. COLE Sam's the man who cracked the Whiteman case. DESMOND Congratulations. I heard about that. COLE (plowing ahead) Your surprise, Chet. Her name if Lil. LIL walks to them from another room. She goes into a contorted dance. LIL'S DANCE Things we notice. -- She makes a sour face. -- She walks in place. -- She puts one hand in her pocket and makes a fist with the other. -- While she is doing this, she blinks with both eyes. -- She is wearing a red wig. At one point during this Cole adds a sentence. COLE She's my Mother's Sister's girl. Cole holds four fingers in front of his eyes. DESMOND (noticing the fingers) Federal? Cole gives him the thumbs up. Lil finishes her dance. (CONTINUED) 4. CONTINUED: COLE Good luck, Chet. (turns to Sam) Sam, you stick with Chet, he's got his own M.O. Modus Operandi. (back to Chet) You can reach me at the Philadelphia Offices. I am flying out today. DESMOND Right, Gordon. We'll be in touch. EXT. HIGHWAY ON THE WAY TO DEER MEADOW - DAY Desmond's car on the highway. INT. DESMOND'S CAR - SAME As they barrel down the highway - STANLEY That was really something. That dancing girl. (after a beat) What did it mean? DESMOND Code. If you work with Gordon you learn that right away. STANLEY Code, I've heard a lot about this. Desmond pulls his arm back so that only his fingers come out of his sleeve. DESMOND Sort of shorthand. STANLEY (missing the humor) Shorthand. really? DESMOND We're heading into a difficult situation. STANLEY How do you figure? DESMOND I'll explain it to you. Do you remember Lil's dance? (CONTINUED) 5. CONTINUED: As Desmond explains we - INTERCUT WITH: FLASHBACK: LIL'S DANCE In slow motion. ON LIL'S SOUR FACE DESMOND Lil was wearing a sour face. STANLEY What do you mean? DESMOND Her face had a sour look... that means we're going to have trouble with the local authorities. They are not going to be receptive to the FBI. ON LIL BLINKING BOTH EYES DESMOND Both eyes blinking means there is going to be trouble higher up... the eyes of the local authority. A sheriff and a deputy. That would be my guess. Two of the local law enforcers are going to be a problem. ON LIL PUTTING ONE HAND IN HER POCKET AND ONE IN A FIST DESMOND (CONTINUED) If you noticed she had one hand in her pocket which means they are hiding something, and the other hand made a fist which means they are going to be belligerent. ON LIL WALKING IN PLACE DESMOND (CONTINUED) Lil was walking in place which means there's going to be a lot of legwork involved. 6. WE SEE COLE PUTTING HIS FINGERS IN FRONT OF HIS FACE AND SAYING LIL IS HIS SISTER'S GIRL. DESMOND (CONTINUED) Cole said Lil was "his mother's sister's girl". What is missing in that sentence? The Uncle. STANLEY Oh, the uncle is missing. DESMOND Not Cole's Uncle but probably the sheriff's uncle in federal prison. STANLEY So the sheriff had got an Uncle who's committed a serious crime. ON LIL'S RED WIG DESMOND Right, which is probably why Lil was wearing a red wig meaning we are headed into a dangerous situation. Let me ask you something, Stanley, did you notice anything about the dress? STANLEY The dress she was wearing had been altered to fit her. I noticed a different colored thread where the dress had been taken in. It wasn't her dress or she must have lost some weight. DESMOND Gordon said you were good. The tailored dress is our code for drugs. Did you notice what was pinned to it? STANLEY A blue rose. DESMOND Very good, but I can't tell you about that. Stanley rides along quietly for a while. STANLEY What did Gordon's tie mean? (CONTINUED) 7. CONTINUED: DESMOND What? That's just Gordon's bad taste. STANLEY Why couldn't he have just told you all these things? DESMOND He talks loud. And he loves his code. STANLEY I see. He does talk loud. DESMOND Gordon would not have sent us to Deer Meadow without thinking it was a high priority situation. STANLEY It must be a high priority situation. EXT. HIGHWAY - SAME Desmond's car drives off. DISSOLVE TO: EXT. DEER MEADOW SHERIFF'S STATION - AFTERNOON Desmond and Stanley arrive. The Sheriff's Station is in a sorry state outside... They walk up to the old steps and enter. INT. DEER MEADOW SHERIFF'S STATION, RECEPTION AREA - DAY Agent Desmond and Stanley walk into a very small reception area. At the counter Desmond shows his badge to CLIFF HOWARD, the Deputy. DESMOND Good afternoon, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Special Agent Chet Desmond. I'd like to see Sheriff Cable. Cliff just smiles for a long minute. CLIFF Why don't you folks have a seat. Make yourself at home. It's gonna be a while. (CONTINUED) 8. CONTINUED: Desmond stays standing and Stanley sits. After another long moment, Cliff joins the SECRETARY in a conspiratorial giggle over the long wait they are planning to give the FBI. In the middle of a giggle Cliff smiles up at Desmond. CLIFF (CONTINUED) Why don't you have some of that coffee. It was fresh two days ago. Cliff has a good laugh over this and leans again over the secretary pretending to look at some paper work. They both laugh. DESMOND Okay, that's it. I've had enough of the waiting room now. CLIFF (still smiling) Oh. Desmond walks towards the door that obviously must go to Sheriff Cable's office. Cliff blocks his way with his arm across the doorway, daring him to do something. While they stare eye to eye, Desmond's hand goes up slowly towards Cliff's face in a slow mesmerizing way. Cliff tries to knock Chet's hand away. Chet counters by grabbing Cliff's nose and pinches a nerve to its side injecting Cliff with a great amount of pain. CLIFF (CONT'D) AAAHHHHHHHH... Desmond spins the deputy 180 degrees placing himself on the inside of the office and then still pressing the nerve guides Cliff down into a chair. While the Deputy's eyes tear copiously Desmond turns to the secretary. DESMOND You can start that FRESH pot of coffee right now. Desmond stalks to Sheriff Cable's office. Stanley remains behind continuing to observe every detail. INT. SHERIFF CABLE'S OFFICE - DAY SHERIFF CABLE looks up from his work. CABLE How the hell did you... (CONTINUED) 9. CONTINUED: Desmond shows his credentials. DESMOND Federal Bureau of Investigation, Special Agent Chet Desmond. Cliff, still holding his nose, appears just behind Desmond, who turns to him. DESMOND (CONT'D) That's all right, Deputy, Sheriff Cable can take it from here. (Cable signals Cliff to leave.) DESMOND (CONT'D) I'm here to investigate the murder of Teresa Banks. CABLE Well, little fella, we don't need any outside help here. I don't like you people sniffin' around my neck of the woods. In fact, when the state boys called me about a "J. Edgar" coming up I think I said, "So what?" DESMOND Your behavior is not funny and is wasting the time of the Federal Government.
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